Subsequent postings have I think answered both questions. In addition,
see
How do I identify runs of consecutive observations in panel data?
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/panel.html
for an already available FAQ.
Nick
[email protected]
Nikolaos Kanellopoulos
In a sense, what I want is to create one dataset where observations have
a common start (the first period) and are include until the first time
they are not interviewed. An a second dataset, where individuals appear
from the first time they are interviewed until the first time they are
not.
From: Nick Cox <[email protected]>
What about individuals who do not appear in the first wave? What do you
want to do with them?
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